<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Barry:
>
> I don't read all of your posts only because I don't have the time
to.
> Of those that I read, I do so because I admire your writing
skills,
> particularly your ability to express the unique and interesting
ways
> in which you view the world.
>
> You are also an "honest" writer. What I mean by that is your
> writing comes off as reflecting your inner thoughts very well;
> you're able to put into concrete words very abstract concepts that
> obviously exist on a deep level of your mind. Not many people can
> bring those out to the surface in such a clear, concise and oh-so-
> entertaining way.
>
> But it is this very characteristic at honesty that sometimes gives
> you away. What I mean by that is your tendency to embellish.
When
> you are in the midst of expressing one of your wonderful thoughts
or
> points, I suggest you will fill in a gap with an embellishment of
> the subject at hand. It becomes too convenient for you to perhaps
> squeeze in a made-up tidbit instead of doing otherwise. You fall
> into temptation...especially when the tidbit, completely under
your
> control, can be shaped and formed exactly as you want it to be.
>
> But it is your inherent honesty that gives you away. Because when
> you do embellish, it is an obvious break from your normal train
> of "honest" writing; when it happens the "something is off" red
> light goes off quite easily and it then stands out like a sore
thumb.
>
> Sometimes I don't think that's such a bad thing if it's innocent
> enough. No harm done if a minor embellishment makes your point
flow
> better or is amusing to the reader. But I suggest that if the
item
> is too important that sometimes it's also going to come back and
> bite you on the ass.
>
> I don't for a minute suggest you do it to the extent that the
> protagonist in the following movie does it, but Stephen Glass -- a
> reporter for "The New Republic" -- is portrayed so perfectly in
the
> wonderful movie "Shattered Glass" (based on the true incidents
> surrounding his life at that magazine). At first, he took a few
> shortcuts in his reporting that no one noticed. So he kept doing
it
> more and doing it more frequently in each article he wrote until,
> soon, he was writing complete articles out of whole cloth.
>
> Ironically, I think you're lucky because unlike Stephen Glass
whose
> editors let him get away with it, you have a Judy Stein looking
over
> your shoulder virtually every crossed T and dotted I that you
write
> and she won't let you get away with anything.
>
> She keeps you kosher.
Whatever. I think you just like to believe
that I "embellish" because you chose to
settle for a boring life.
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